Lipstick spreader



Dec. 2, 1941. e. s. RIDNER, SR, ET AL LIPSTICK SPREADER I Filed ug. 22, 1940 awe/whom GEORGE snout/5.1. a 650265- 6. R/pyA- JR.

Patented Dec. 2, 1941 I UNITED STATES PATENT O-FFlCE- I 2.26mi;

George S. Bidner, Sr., and George S. Ridner, Jr.,

assiznors ofone-third Newark N. l 1.,

Cornelia Elizabeth Ridner, Railway, N. 1.

Application August 22, 1949, Serial No. 353,742

1 Claim. This invention relates to ladies vanity case accessories and has for its object to provide a device useful for shaping and uniformly coating the lips with a cosmetic;

. An important object of the invention is to provide an applicator, which I term a lipstick spreader, that is shaped so as to conform generally to the transverse curvature ofthe lips so that after a cosmetic has been applied from a lipstick it. may be rubbed smoothly and evenly over the lips without the necessity of soiling the fingers, such as is now the customary practice;

Another object of the invention is to provide a lipstick spreader of the above character which is so constructed and arranged that when held in one position it may be used as a wiper for rubbing a cosmetic over the lips and, when'held in another position, asa pencil for touching up the edges and corners of the lips.

- Still another object of the invention is to provide a lipstick holder incorporating as a unitary part thereof a spreader of the above character.

Other objects and advantages will become apparent from the following detailed descriptionof a preferred embodiment of the invention, reference being had to the annexed drawing in which: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the lipstick spreader forming part of a lipstick holder;

Figure 2 is a side view of the lipstick holder; Figure 3 is a detail side view of the spreader; Figure l is an end view of the spreader viewed from the right-hand side of Fig. 3; and

The portion of the wiper overlying the arcuate cut 6 is longitudinally curved downwardly, as shown at 1, so as to provide a circumferentially rounded and longitudinally directed lobe 8. The corners formed by the intersection of the arcuate cut 6 with the circumference of the wiper are rounded off as indicated at 9. f

A cover I is adapted to telescope over the cup 4 and conceal the wiper when not in use so that the device may be carried in a ladies handbag or vanity case without soiling its interior or other articles with which it may come in contact.

The lipstick smoother described above is adapt ed to be used as follows: After applying lipstick 2 to the lips, the holder l is reversed end for end, the cover l0 removed and the arcuate surface 6 of the wiper a pressed against the lower lip, as illustrated in Fig. 1, and moved back and forth todistribute the cosmetic evenly over the lip in the same manner as is now done with the fingers. Next the holder is inverted and the arcuate surface is pressed against the upper lip Figure 5 indicates how the spreader may be used as a pencil for touching up special areas upon the lips. V

Referring to the drawing, I designates a cylindrical lipstick holder enclosing a lipstick Zwhich may be projected beyond the open end of the holder when the cover is is removed by turning a cap 3 rotatable upon the opposite end of the holder. This form of lipstick holder is conventional and requires-no detailed description.

The lipstick holder serves as a handle for a lipstick spreader which is constructed as' follows: Secured to the end of the lipstick holder adjacent the cap 3 is a socket d into which is tightly fitted one end of a spreader 5. This spreader is formed of a wiper decomposed preferably of a cylinder of hard rubber or of a hardened plastic material similar to Bakelite. The outer end of the wiper is cut away upon: an arc, as

although it is not essential that the curvatures of to stamp the bows thereon immediately below the nostrils. Because the arcuate surface 6 is designed to fit the curl of the lip and locate the of the lobe 871s finally employed similarly to a pencil or brush (see Fig. 5) to touch up the edges and comersof the lips so that the shape of the lips is sharply defined and free from smears which frequently occur when the cosmetic is rubbed with the fingers. I

As will be apparent from the foregoing description, we have devised a lipstick spreader designed to assist in neatly and uniformly applying cosmetics to the lips and which is both convenient and sanitary in use.

The lipstick spreader need not necessarily be incorporated with a lipstick holder, but may if desired be provided with any other suitable form of handle. HoweverJ- prefer to make the spread -er as a part of the holder .for convenience in use.

Manifestly various otherchanges in detail and design may be made. in the lipstick spreader described above without departing from the spirit of the invention.

'We claim: A holder adapted to contain a lipstick projectable through one end thereof and including a the wiper and lips should exactly correspond'bo lipstick spreader extending longitudinally outward from the opposite end of the holder, said spreader being of solid and imperforate construction and of circular transverse cross-section, a, socket provided upon the end of the holder spending approximately to the curvature of the lips and adapted to serve as a. wiper, and a. circumferentially and longitudinally rounded lobe overlying the arcuate-sheped portion and edaptadapted to receive and fixedly retain one end of 5 ed t0 Serve as P P the spreader, the other end of the spreader terininating in an arcnate-shaped portion corre- GEORGE S. RIDNER, SR. GEORGE S. RIDNER, JR. 

